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5 Friday Scoops, Vol. 22

1) DOG PRANCING

Every year we watch the contestants in the Westminster Kennel Club’s Annual Dog Show and we can’t believe these prancing, manicured showstoppers are descendants of wolves.

Exhibit A: Miss P, the sweet, little 15-inch, four-year-old Canadian beagle who won 2015’s Best in Show on Tuesday in Madison Square Garden.

Miss P—who loves sleeping on her master’s pillow when she isn’t out-prancing poodles, chow-chows, and Skye-terriers—looks like she’d run 100 mph in the other direction if confronted by one of her lupine ancestors.

2) TRAIL TYPE

This collection of type found in the wilderness showcases the ways we mark our routes around the world. And this etched entry from Eastend in Saskatchewan, Canada, gave us a nice little, rejuvenating jolt of vibrant color during a week of sub-zero temps.

3) ONE MAN’S LOVE AFFAIR WITH RADIOSHACK

“On the sales floor, I got to say hello to people I wouldn’t have encountered otherwise. I met Americans who were poor, rich, educated and not so educated, elderly, teenaged, gay, straight, crazy, and kind . . . But, slowly I began to understand America and Americans—their psyche, their consumer behavior, what they drove and what drove them.”

4) THIS FREAKY VEGETABLE

Romanesco—the florescent-green/yellow, crunchy, and mild-tasting vegetable—looks like a petrified fern or a calcified starfish and tastes like a delicious cross between broccoli and cauliflower. Find it right now in your favorite store’s produce section and cook it like we do:

Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F

Cut a whole head of Romanesco in half, remove the core from both halves